Steel Band #3217

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A PAN (steel drum) player of over thirty years standing - with an eclectic career she is equally at home at Carnival or on the concert platform. Can be heard on the soundtrack of Disney's 2023 remake of The Little Mermaid, performing the iconic songs "Under the Sea" and "Kiss the Girl".

Imaginative, innovative and critically acclaimed - the steel drum as you’ve never heard it before!

This entertainer performs extensively at a wide variety of corporate, civil and private functions, parties, balls, and recitals, and has many repeat bookings.

She won the UK's National Steel Pan Soloists Competition in 1989, and in 1996 was placed fourth in the World Championships in Trinidad, the only European ever to have reached the finals.

Music ranging from calypso, soca, pop, ska, jazz, reggae, MOR and popular classics

Regarded to be one of the world's top performers of classical music on steelpan.

  • Works with her own self produced backing tracks in a wide variety of styles and genres to please all ages and tastes, thus providing the effect of a full band but with the flexibility and price-point of a soloist.
Rates subject to travel and performance times

Playlists / Performance Info

All About You - McFly
Always On My Mind - Christopher-James-Carson / Elvis / Pet Shop Boys
Amarillo - Sedaka / Tony Christie and Peter Kay
Angelico - Trad. Haitian / Harry Belafonte*
Angels - Robbie Williams
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Baggy Trousers - Madness
Bassman - Shadow
Ben Lion - 3 Canal
Beyond the Sea - Charles Trenet / Bobby Darin
Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
Bonanza Ska - Livingston / Evans
Blue Moon - Rodgers and Hart
California Dreaming - Phillips
Calypso For Gayna - anon.
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
Can't Help Falling In Love... - Peretti-Creatore-Weiss / Elvis / UB40
Cant Take My Eyes Off You - Crewe-Gaudio
Carnival Is Fuh Woman - Ray Holman
Cecilia - Simon/Garfunkel
Come Back Lisa - Trad. Jamaican
Close To You - Burt Bacharach
Dancing Queen - Abba
Dr Manette - Ray Holman
Electric Dreams - Oakey-Moroder
Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner
Eternal Flame - Hoffs-Steinberg-Kelly / Bangles
Fire And Steel - Loquan
Grace Kelly - Mika
Happy - Pharrell Wiliams
Hawaii 5-0 - Morton Stevens
Here Comes The Sun - Harrison
Here There And Everywhere - Lennon-McCartney
Hoots Mon (there's a moose loose aboot this hoose) - Lord Rockingham's Eleven
Heroes Of The Nation - Ray Holman
Hot Hot Hot - Arrow
I Dare You - Destra
Ivory Coast High Life - Kaempfert
Island Medley -Trad*
Jam It With You - Ray Holman
Joanna - Eddie Grant
Jouvert Music - David Rudder
Jump In The Line - Kitchener / Belafonte
Kingston Town - UB40
Lambada
Life's Too Short - Holman
Linstead Market - Trad. Jamaican
Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker
Liming On The Corner - Len Boogsie Sharpe
Madness - Prince Buster
Margie - Lord Kitchener*
Melanie - Trad. Trinidadian / Cy Grant
Message To Rudi - Dandy Livingstone / The Specials
My Pussin - Lord Kitchener
No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
Nuff Respect - David Rudder
One Love - Bob Marley
One Step Beyond - Prince Buster
One Super Power - Merchant
Only You - Vince Clarke
Old Lady (Walk A Mile and a Half) - Lord Kitchener
O Trinidad - Ray Holman
Outta de Box - Mark Loquan
Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
Pan On The Run - Ray Holman
Panwoman Medley - Ray Holman
Panyard Vibrations -Ray Holman
Perfidia - Domnguez
Plenty Lovin' - Ray Holman
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Price Tag - Jessie J
Queen Of The Bands - Mighty Sparrow
Sailor Band - Larry Harewood
Sammy Dead-O! - Trad. Jamaican
Sandy Beach - Anon
Sealed With A Kiss - Udell and Geld
Sell The Pussy - Mighty Sparrow
Shake Shake Shake (Jump in de Line) - Harry Belafonte
Steelband Paradise - Ray Holman
Spanish Eyes - Kaempfert
Sugar Boy - Patrice Roberts
Sunchyme - Dario G
Summer Holiday - Welch and Bennett / Cliff Richard
Sunchyme - Dario G
Sunday Girl - Blondie
Super Trouper - Abba
Thank You for The Music - Abba
The Hammer - David Rudder
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
The Tide is High - John Holt
Under The Sea - Ashman
Yellow Bird - Trad. Jamaican
You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
Youre So Cool - Hans Zimmer

Antioch (Joy To The World) - Handel
Calypso Carol - Perry
Carol Medley
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky
Frosty The Snowman - Rollins-Nelson
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - Lennon
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Martin-Blane / Garland / Sinatra
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day - Wizzard
Jingle Bells - Pierpont
Mary's Boy Child - Trad.
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree - Marks / Brenda Lee
Snowbird - MacLellan / Elvis / Perry Como
The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy - Trad.
When A Child Is Born - Dammicco / Johnny Mathis
Winter (from The Four Seasons) - Vivaldi
Winter Wonderland - Bernard-Smith

Entertainment Type

Steel Band

Performance Attire

Dress can be tailored to suit the function and ranges from Caribbean-style casual to sophisticated evening wear. At special request she can also dress as a glamorous mer-person or fabulous pirate!

Previous Experience

Former UK Champion Soloist she has been playing pan for over 30 years. A regular performer at the Notting Hill Carnival, she has also performed in the Trinidad (birthplace of pan) Carnival and remains the only European ever to have reached the finals of the World Soloist Championships. She was a guest artist with the Russell Henderson Trio (Henderson founded the Notting Hill Carnival) and was invited to perform as part of Nostalgia Steel Band at the 2012 London Olympic Opening Ceremony. She has made numerous media appearances on BBC and ITV television shows and on BBC radios 1,2 3 and 4 as well as on many local radio shows. She has recently gained her doctorate (in steel band!) and is the only woman of European descent ever to arrange for a steel band at Notting Hill Carnival.

Previous Clients

Debenhams, Eurotunnel, the British Army and Navy, Oakwood Theme Park (Wales) and Wyevales Garden Centres, Mosimann's and the London Boat Show. She has had regular repeat booking for over ten years with Cranleigh Lions, Cowpie Country Show and Princes Mead Shopping Centre.

Tech Details

Set Up Time:
30 minutes

Area Required:
6ft square.

PA System:
Bose S1

Tech Requirements:
Safe access to one electric socket, flat level playing area in the shade and sheltered from inclement weather.

Rider:
Client to provide a flat level playing surface in the shade and/or protected from rain and wind. Safe access to one standard electric socket is required unless the artist has be notified in advance to bring battery powered amp. Soft drinks and light refreshments are appreciated.

Reviews

Robert Dyer I just want to say thank you so much for the music yesterday it was perfect. Everybody commented on how great it was and it really did put a great feel to the afternoon. really did make our day. Thank you so much again.

Rob & Rachel


Francis Paine Sorry for the delay in thanking you so very much for the fantastic music you played at my daughter's wedding at Southend Barns Donnington on the 22nd August. What with the lovely weather the rum cocktails and your music it really felt like we were in the Carribean. Your music certainly added to the amazing day.


Brian A huge success and although we had limited numbers of about 60 people, we are already penciling a date for next year.
a delight, her obvious skill and her obvious enthusiasm, coupled together, made a great start to our evening and we continued to discuss how well she had done through to the early hours of Sunday!


Guilly, Bristol Your playing was inspirational and everyone loved the exuberance and great sound! Such happy music and perfect for the occasion!! Thanks again so much for playing for us. You were fab!!


Anaya Rahim " I just wanted to thank you for making our wedding so brilliant. We had an amazing time and have had so many great comments about you."


Helene Laurent "Thanks again for making our birthday really wonderful! Everyone said how they absolutely loved the music and for many of them it was the first time hearing live steelpan so it was really special!"


Annie and Steve Thank you so much for helping to make our big day so perfect! You were fantastic and will come highly recommended by us in the future.


Areas Covered

Nationwide